Priest, maybe in love with artist and model, dancing on air (9)

I believe the answer is:

oratorian

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'priest' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'in love with artist and model dancing on air' is the wordplay.
'in love with' becomes 'o' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'model' becomes 'T' (Ford Model T car).
'dancing' indicates an anagram.
'on'+'air'='onair'
'onair' with letters rearranged gives 'orian'.
'o'+'ra'+'t'+'orian'='ORATORIAN'

'maybe' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for oratorian that I've seen is " Secular priest".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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